becoming

I think all mothers has experienced this at one point or another.

Happy Mother’s Day.

I asked for strength
That I may achieve
I was made weak
That I might learn to humbly obey
I asked for health
That I might do greater things
I was given infirmity
That I might do better things
I asked for riches
That I might be happy
I was given poverty
That I may be wise
I asked for power
That I might have the praise of men
I was given weakness
That I might feel the need of God
I asked for all things
That I might enjoy life
I was given life
That I may enjoy all things
I got nothing that I had asked for-
But everything that I had hoped for
Almost despite myself,
My unspoken prayers were answered
I am . . . most richly blessed

-by a Confederate soldier

We are so out of sync with this world.

I mean, we, Christians.

Make it Chinese Christians.

Have you ever run into a situation when you suddenly (and finally) realized that the world you lived in, is nothing like you at all? That the world is much more messy than you can imagine or dare to admit? Did you notice that people outside your Christian “la-la-land” are way more complicated that you expected?

That, my friend, is called the REAL world.

Look around — look beyond those “happy faces” who show up on Sundays; look into the reality of what this world has become.

Look.

Don’t just make casual comments like “O my, this is such a twisted world”, “This country is so morally corrupted”, or “How can they do that”…

Stop that.

Look.

Look, for example, at what are on the selves as gifts for Mother’s day:

Household Guide for Dying
Surviving Divorce

… and many more.

You know what I mean? No, these are not your regular electronic-massage-chair gifts; not your average coffeemaker or juice-maker gifts.

Look.

Look how disconnected we are. How disconnected we have become.

And you tell me our archaic way of evangelism is still effective?

We made a special dinner for all moms in our family. Too bad I did not take any photo on my steaks!

Please continue to pray for my mother as she recovers from a minor stroke.